Person
- Born
- 1992-09-01
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Grenadian
- Born
- ( 1992-09-01 ) 1 September 1992 (age 33) , Gouyave , Saint John , Grenada
- Height
- 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Weight
- 80 kg (176 lb)
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event
- Sprinting
- College team
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Olympic finals
- 2012 London 400 m, Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m, Silver 2020 Tokyo 400 m, Bronze
- World finals
- 2011 Daegu 400 m, Gold 2013 Moscow 400 m, 7th 2015 Beijing 400 m, Bronze 2019 Doha 400 m, 5th 2022 Eugene 400 m, Silver
- Highest world ranking
- 1 (weeks 54)
- Personal bests
- Outdoor 200 m : 20.41 NR ( El Paso 2011) 400 m : 43.74 NR ( Lausanne 2014) Indoor 200 m : 20.58 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i National record</span>"}]]}'>NR ( Albuquerque 2011) 400 m : 44.80 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i National record</span>"}]]}'>NR ( Fayetteville, AR 2011)
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 September 1992
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grenada
- Place of birth
- St. George's
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metres
- Sport
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Sir Kirani Zeno James GCNG CBE COG (born 1 September 1992) is a Grenadian professional sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won the 400 m at the World Championships in 2011 and won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. In the 400 metres, James also won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, thus becoming the first man to earn the full set of three medals in the centennial history of the event. He is Grenada's first Olympic medalist. He holds the Grenadian national record in both the 200 metres and 400 metres.
As a junior, James also specialized in the 200 metres. Prodigious from a young age, he ran the fastest 400 m times ever by a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old. He won a series of gold medals at the CARIFTA Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games and rose on the international stage with 400 m silver medals at the 2007 World Youth and 2008 World Junior Championships. James became the first athlete to run a 200/400 double at the 2009 World Youth Championships and was the 2010 World Junior Champion.
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1992 birthsAlabama Crimson Tide men's track and field athletesAthletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth GamesAthletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer OlympicsCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireCommonwealth Games gold medallists for GrenadaCommonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics